The top management team, reflexivity, knowledge sharing and new product performance: A study of the Irish software industry

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-232

  MacCurtain, Sarah ^a,b   Flood, Patrick C ^c   Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan ^d   West, Michael A ^e   Dawson, Jeremy F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Strategic Healthcare Management Research Group   (United States)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053973105     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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